Fencepost



June 23,` 1925.

l y R.. c. KNOPKE EENcEPosT A Fild Nov. la. 1922 lto .Patented dune i925.

RAYMOND C. KNOPKE, yF WHETON, ILLINOTS, ASSG-NOR, BY MESNE' ASSIGNMENTS, TO INLANTDSTEEL COMPANY, 0F CHXCAGO, IILLIITOIS, A CRPORATION OF DELA- WARE.

FENCEPST.

Application led November 18, 1922. Serial No. 601,711.

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that l, RAYMOND C. KNoPKn, ya citizen of the United States, residing at Wheaton, in the county of Bu Page and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in Fenceposts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal fence posts and has particular reference to the manner 10. of securing anchor plates thereto.

The main object fof my invention is tol provide fastening means which will enable anchor plates to be secured to the posts without requiring that holes be made in the latter to weaken them as heretofore.

The invention consists further'in the matters hereinafter described and more part-icularly set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is a 'front view of a metal fence post having an anchor plate secured there'- to in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a front view of the anchor plate without the fastening member.

.In the drawings, 1 have shown a metal fence post having a flat back 1 extending the full length of the post and provided with a pointed lower end 2 to facilitate driving the post into the ground. Integral with the back l on the yrear side thereof is a web or flange 3. This extends the full length of the post to strengthen the same and is preferably arran ed midway between the side edges of the ack 1 and makes the post T- shape in 'cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2.

The anchor plate 4 is secured against the front face of the back 1 by a metal clip 5. lSaid plate 4 extends beyond the s ideedge's of the backA 1 and is provided with two spaced holes 6,'6 on opposite sides ofthe back, as shown in Figs. 2.and 4. These holes 6,-6 clearthe side edges of the back and allow the prongs 7, 7 ofthe clip 6 -to ex tend therethrough to be clinched against the rear face of the back -1 over its side edges, as shown in Fig. 2. t To hold the plate 4 a ainst movement or displacement endwise o the post, the latter is provided at said plate with outwardly projecting studs 8, 8. As shown in the drawe5 ings, one of these studs 8 is just above the by this mid-stud. The clip'5 being located upper edge of the plate and projects outward over the same. Another stud 8 is. at the lower edge of said plate 'and projects outward over the same, while the third stud is about midway between the first two and extends outward through the plate through a hole 9 therein.

These studs 8, 8 prevent the anchor plate 4 from sliding upon the post when the latter is driven in the ground. In the structure shown in the drawings, the clip 5 is just below the mid-stud 8. Thus any tendency of the clip 5 to creep up on the post while driving the latter into the ground is resisted in the lower part of the plate 4 holds that portion of the plate tightly against the post and resists any tendency of the lower end of the plate to be sprung outwardly away from the back 1 by dirt 'wedging into the space between the plate and back when driving the latter in the ground.

It is preferable to make the clip 5 semicylindrical or half round in cross-section so that no shoulders are provided on the clipl to. resist driving the post into the ground and lmoreover bear substantially fiatwise against said'plate 4. rlihe holes 6, 6 for the prongs 7, Z of the clips 5 are also given the same shape.

The rest of the post 1 may be provided with studs by making them integral with the post when rolling it and spacing them apart lengthwise of the post as shown in the drawings. Thesevstuds are indicated by 10, 90 10 and the ones above the ground f orm supports for the fence vwires (not shown). The studs or. lugs 8 and 10 extend outward from and are aligned by a low ribll, which projects from the 'front face of the post flange 95 1 and rolled 4lengthwise thereof. This rib 11 lis arranged `along the middle of the front flange 1 of-the post, and the anchor plate 4 is held against it by the clip 5. The clip' 5 provides means for securing the plate 4 to 100 the post without making holes in the latter and thus avoids weakening it by holes as heretofore.

While I have shown and described herein in detail an anchor plate fastening means 105 of my invention, it is of course to be understood that the details of construction and arrangement. of parts may be variously changed and modified -without departing from. the 'spirit and. scope of my invention. 110

ll claim as my invention: jacent studs at the upper and lower edges of A metallic fence post having a flat surthe plate and means for holding the plate 10 face provided with ,a row of integral studs in Contact With the post. spaced atI intervals lengthwise of the post, a ln testimony that I claim the foregoing 5 ground anchor plate having a single aperas my invention, l ailing my signature this ture for accommodating one of said studs so 16th day of November, A. D. 1922. the plate may lie latwise against said surface, and arranged on the post With the ad- RAYMOND C. KNOPKE. 

